Cleanliness

CR going mechanised!

To ensure that the private contractors clean suburban trains properly, Central Railway is planning to introduce a grading system. Each coach will be rated on a scale of 0 to…

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‘Clean’ and depression

Researchers in Atlanta, Georgia, have claimed that a growing obsession with cleanliness could be making people depressed. They believe that eliminating bacteria and viruses has actually made the immune systems…

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Cleaning Corbett

In a welcome drive to mobilise public opinion and conserve the famed Corbett Tiger Reserve, a group of citizens in Ramnagar cleared over five quintals of polythene garbage from the…

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Not clean music?

A recent study found that used woodwind and brass instruments were heavily contaminated with a variety of bacteria and fungi. These microbes are associated with minor to serious infectious and…

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Dust-free Mumbai!

With increasing number of respiratory diseases among school students, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has planned to make the metropolis dust free. The public works department of the Municipal Corporation…

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Shopping on the river

The filth filled, stench-emitting Sabarmati river will now turn into a shopping and entertainment zone on the pattern of the Seine riverfront of Paris. French architect Bernard Kohn, who lived…

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